Devotional Islam and Politics in British India: Ahmad Riza Khan Barelwi and His Movement

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Devotional Islam and Politics in British India: Ahmad Riza Khan Barelwi and His Movement, 1870-1920
Author Usha Sanyal
Country United Kingdom and India
LanguageEnglish
Publisher Oxford University Press
Publication date
1995
ISBN 9780195648621

Devotional Islam and Politics in British India: Ahmad Riza Khan Barelwi and His Movement, 1870-1920 is a book written by American Historian and Professor Dr. Usha Sanyal [1] about the life of the Founder of Barelvi Movement, Ahmed Raza Khan Barelvi. [2] [3] [4] It was published in 1995 by the Oxford University Press. [5] [6] [7]

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References

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